| ID | 139503 |
| Title Proper | Comparative challenges in securing the horn of Africa and Sahara |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Burgess, Stephen F |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Geography helps to explain why violent extremist organizations are difficult to counter; vast ungoverned spaces combined with weak states make it nearly impossible to decisively defeat them. However, partial success has been achieved by the United States in the Horn of Africa with a strategy of training, equipping, and supporting African intervention forces and attacking extremist leaders. In contrast, a strategy of containment in the Sahara, focusing on counterterrorism training for regional security forces and countering extremist ideology, did not succeed in preventing militant groups from taking over northern Mali and expanding their activities to other parts of the region. |
| `In' analytical Note | Comparative Strategy Vol. 34, No.2; Apr/Jun 2015: p.202-217 |
| Journal Source | Comparative Strategy Vol: 34 No 2 |
| Key Words | United States ; Horn of Africa ; Regimes ; Sahara ; Northern Mali ; Violent Non-State Actors ; Comparative Challenges ; Strategy of Training ; Equipping ; Regional Security Forces ; Countering Extremist Ideology ; U.S. Security Strategies |